Philosophy Christmas Lecture
You are invited to join us at our Philosophy Christmas Lecture 2024 to celebrate the end of term!
Date: Wednesday 4 December (Week 10), 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Location: L3 Sciences Concourse
Professor Patrick Tomlin (Philosophy Department, University of Warwick) will present “On Not Being Santa Claus”
Abstract: If I had made different choices, I could have been Santa Claus. But I’m not. My life would have been better if I had been Santa Claus. Should I regret the fact that I am not Santa Claus? I will argue that I should not. But this requires us to understand the relationship between bad choices and apt regret in a particular way.